Watching your revenue climb but still not sure if your small business is actually healthy? In this episode, Chartered Accountant Paul Sweeney reveals the five numbers that make your cash flow leak-proof, the ones that actually predict trouble, long before revenue ever does.

Revenue only answers one question, how much came through the door. It says nothing about whether you kept any of it, whether you've actually been paid for it, or whether cash is quietly tied up somewhere else in the business. That's not a revenue problem. It's a measurement problem.

Paul walks through five specific numbers every small business owner should check: your actual profit margins, how long it takes to turn sales into cash, how much cash is tied up in stock or unfinished work, the gap between your revenue growth and your profit growth, and how many weeks of cash runway your business actually has. Includes a real case study of a tradesperson whose profit grew faster than his revenue, once he finally checked the number that mattered.

👉 Download the free 5-Day Cash Flow Email Course and find out which of these four drains is costing your business the most: https://courses.paulsweeneyaccountant.au/5-days-to-cleaner-cash-flow

👉 Grab the free Pretium Solutions eBook, "Start Improving Cash Flow Today" for five practical steps you can start today: https://pretiumsolutions.com.au/start-improving-cash-flow-today/

In this episode:

• Why revenue alone can't tell you if your small business is actually healthy
• The five numbers that make your cash flow leak-proof
• How to check whether growth is building your business, or just making it bigger
• How your cash flow forecast turns into a single number: your cash runway
• A real example of profit growing faster than revenue, and what changed to make that happen

Resources Mentioned

📘 Free eBook — Start Improving Cash Flow Today: https://pretiumsolutions.com.au/start-improving-cash-flow-today/

📧 Free 5-Day Cash Flow Email Course: https://courses.paulsweeneyaccountant.au/5-days-to-cleaner-cash-flow

🌐 Paul Sweeney Accountant: https://paulsweeneyaccountant.au/

🌐 Pretium Solutions: https://pretiumsolutions.com.au/

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About the Host

Paul Sweeney is a Chartered Accountant and founder of Pretium Solutions, with over 25 years advising small and medium businesses. He's the host of Grow Your Business and The Business Behind Your Business podcast.